OpenAI takes on Google, Amazon with new agentic shopping system

ChatGPT users in the United States can now purchase items from Etsy and Shopify directly within their conversations. This development represents a significant step forward for the future of online shopping, impacting both consumers and the platforms that manage product…

Facebook adds fan challenges, custom badges for creators

Facebook is introducing new features designed to bring fans closer to their favorite creators. These features are called fan challenges and customized top fan badges. The fan challenges feature will allow creators to prompt their followers with specific tasks. Followers…

Explosion, vehicle fire rock Faraday Future’s LA headquarters

A Faraday Future electric SUV caught fire at the startup’s Los Angeles headquarters early Sunday morning. The fire led to an explosion that blew out part of a wall, according to the fire department. The fire was extinguished in 40…

DeepSeek: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot app

DeepSeek has gone viral. The Chinese AI lab broke into the mainstream consciousness this week after its chatbot app rose to the top of the Apple App Store charts and Google Play as well. DeepSeek’s AI models, which were trained…

Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.5, its best AI model for coding

On Monday, Anthropic launched a new frontier model called Claude Sonnet 4.5, which it claims offers state-of-the-art performance on coding benchmarks. The company states Claude Sonnet 4.5 is capable of building production-ready applications, rather than just prototypes, representing a leap…

ComplexChaos thinks AI can help people find common ground

Making democracy work is not easy, as recent events have shown. Some critics argue that technology is making the problem worse. However, one startup believes artificial intelligence could help bridge differences rather than widen them. Tomy Lorsch, co-founder and CEO…